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“All BB guns and airsoft guns do look like a gun, so everything meets those two criteria.”
Similar to paintball, airsoft is a competitive sport where enthusiasts use realistic-looking ‘firearms’ to shoot 6mm plastic pellets at the opposing team.
“It’s really overtaken paintball as the shooting-sports fun game,” Wasilewicz said.
Part of the draw is the realism, with many spending thousands to ‘look the part’ with realistic-looking weapons and gear not to mention its use in both police and military training programs.
Both Chong and Wasilewicz stress the high levels of safety embedded in the culture, particularly when dealing with guns that resemble the real thing.